International Test match
Australia (24) 42
Tries: Ikitau 2, Donaldson, Wilson, Jorgensen Cons: Lonergan 4 Pens: Lonergan 3
South Africa (17) 38
Tries: Grobbelaar, van der Merwe, punishment try, van den Berg, Nche Cons: Pollard 2, Mngomezulu 2 Pens: Pollard
Australia were reduced to 11 men but dug successful for an bonzer triumph against a much-changed South Africa broadside arsenic they bushed the satellite champions 42-38 successful Perth.
The Wallabies excelled with immoderate vibrant attacking rugby, scoring 5 tries against the back-to-back World Cup winners to pb by 25 points with 16 minutes left.
But past a manic spell of 4 yellowish cards successful 9 minutes near the hosts overrun, with South Africa mounting a comeback that yet fell conscionable short.
The visitors made 13 changes aft beating New Zealand successful Baltimore but inactive fielded a beardown starting XV, which boasted 240 caps successful the 2nd enactment alone.
But a twelvemonth retired from hosting the World Cup, and a twelvemonth connected from being soundly beaten connected location ungraded by the Lions, it was the location broadside who impressed earlier their bizarre precocious collapse.
The teams traded aboriginal penalties earlier Springboks hooker Johan Grobbelaar drove implicit for the archetypal effort of the lucifer aft a almighty maul.
Australia responded good with a question of unit which was rewarded erstwhile centre Len Ikitau drove implicit from a metre out.
Ikitau past flew implicit for his 2nd aft the Boks made a messiness of a precocious shot kicked through, but the pb lasted conscionable 3 minutes.
South Africa played the shot rapidly and flung it retired wide with Edwill van der Merwe connected the extremity of a stunning interruption to people successful the corner.
The precocious level continued arsenic the hosts took the pb again earlier the break. After 14 diligent but speedy phases, the Wallabies whipped the shot from close to near to find fly-half Ben Donaldson escaped to people successful the corner.
The Springboks had spot successful extent to telephone on, and manager Rassie Erasmus made each 8 changes aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional with his broadside down by 10 points.
But it was Australia who continued to dominate. Captain Harry Wilson was denied a effort arsenic his ft was successful interaction but conscionable seconds aboriginal helium did burrow implicit the enactment adjacent to the posts.
Wing Max Jorgensen past sprinted the magnitude of the transportation to people a stunning solo people aft South Africa fumbled the shot to marque it 42-17.
Wilson was past sin-binned and South Africa yet got their archetypal people of the 2nd fractional with a punishment try, with Ryan Lonergan yellowish carded arsenic well.
The Wallabies were down to 13 and a crossfield footwear recovered Van der Merwe successful the country but the helping dropped the shot earlier helium could crushed it.
Australia helping Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i was past sin-binned arsenic good to permission Australia 3 men down and replacement scrum-half Morne van den Berg scrambled successful to chopped the pb to 11 points.
Remarkably Australia past appeared to person scored again arsenic Tom Wright intercepted a walk to tally successful - lone for the effort to beryllium ruled retired and Hunter Paisami shown a 4th yellowish paper for a unsafe tackle successful the build-up.
South Africa had truthful overmuch abstraction and scored again done Ox Nche to chopped the pb to 4 but clip ran out.
Australia: Wright, Jorgensen, Ikitau, Paisami, Sua'ali'i, Donaldson, Lonergan; Bell, Paenga-Amosa, Alaalatoa, Salakaia-Loto, Williams, Valetini, McReight, Wilson
Replacements: Pollard, Ross, Tupou, Shaw, Hooper, Tizzano, McDermott, Potter
Yellow cards: Wilson 68, Lonergan 71, Sua'ali'i 73, Paisami 77
South Africa: Fassi, Van der Merwe, Moodie, Esterhuizen, Hooker, Pollard, Jantjies; Wessels, Grobbelaar, Porthen, Etzebeth, Mostert, De Villiers, Louw, Van Staden
Replacements: Marx, Nche, Louw, De Jager, Wiese, Van den Berg, Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Horn
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
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